An international scientific team led by a Mexican researcher discovered globular clusters rotating at the same speed as the gas in the disk of the spiral galaxy Messier 106 (also known as M106 or ...

This Hubble picture shows Messier 28, a globular cluster in the constellation of Sagittarius (the ... More Archer), in jewel-bright detail. It is about 18,000 light-years away from Earth.

Messier 3, a globular cluster located 34,000 light-years away, as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. The image was released on April 8, 2019. ESA/Hubble & NASA, G. Piotto et al.

StarStuff photo of the week This photo of the globular cluster Messier 54 may look tranquil but astronomers believe it's the site of an act of galactic cannibalism.. Located about 87,000 light ...

Seven Messier objects, including the Trifid Nebula (M20), open clusters M21, M23, and M25, the spectacular globular cluster M22, the Sagittarius Star Cloud (M24), and faint globular cluster M28 ...

Globular clusters are typically seen in the galactic suburbs, large bright balls of stars found above and below the main body ...

Based on observations with ESO's Very Large Telescope, a team of Italian astronomers reports [1] that the stellar cluster Messier 12 must have lost to our Milky Way galaxy close to one million low ...

The globular cluster Messier 14, or M14, is home to more than 150,000 stars. A busy image, it is located 29,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ophiuchus.

(PhysOrg.com) -- The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most detailed image so far of Messier 9, a globular star cluster located close to the center of the galaxy. This ball of stars ...

This dazzling array of stars is just a small part of the Messier 55 galaxy. Located 20,000 light-years away, the cluster is around 100 light-years across and is only a fraction of the total galaxy.